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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
It is (i) pronounceable and an organic growth of the language, (ii) not unnecessarily descriptive and (iii) not confusingly used to describe other relationships (which "partner" is).
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When I was in college, I heard a student refer to her SO as "lover," which though unnecessarily descriptive was frequently used by gay friends. Imagine our shock when we discovered her lover was a man.
Even(Lover of parentheticals)Odds